Social Interaction in Second Language Chat Rooms / / Christopher Jenks.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Jenks, Christopher,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Social Interaction : SSI
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748649051','ISBN:9780748649495','ISBN:9780748693498','ISBN:9780748649488']);Examines social interaction in second language voice-based chat roomsHow do speakers of English as an additional language manage their talk and interaction in chat rooms?Christopher Jenks thoroughly analyses the interactional effects of technology, and explores in detail the social and linguistic implications of communicating in second language chat rooms. Providing a unique look at how second language talk is organized in an online setting, this book is essential reading for postgraduate students and scholars in computer-mediated communications, social interactions, TESOL and applied linguistics. It focuses on voice-based chat rooms instead of text-based ones, adding to and enriching the existing body of research on second language textbooks within computer-mediated communication studies. It contains multiple transcripts and figures to illustrate the discussion"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK -- SURVEY -- 2 SOCIAL INTERACTION AND CHAT ROOMS -- 3 CMC AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS -- 4 INTRODUCTION TO CMSI -- ANALYSIS -- 5 TALKING ONLINE: CMSI FEATURES -- 6 TURN-TAKING IN CHAT ROOMS: TEXTING VERSUS TALKING -- 7 CONTEXTUAL VARIABLES IN CMSI -- APPLICATION -- 8 TEACHING AND LEARNING -- 9 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES -- 10 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX